Document: Confirmation_of_letters_patent_issued_to_Paulo_D_Angola

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_12943-78_V02_p128-129

Description

Confirmation by the New York provincial government of an original Dutch letters patent that was issued on Decmeber 30, 1644 to Paulo D'Angola, a Black man, for land in Manhattan. The confirmation was issued to his widow Estoria and her new husband Manuel Pieters.

Document Date

1667-10-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1667-10-18

Document Type

Patent

Letter

Document Type Unlinked

patent, letters

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Translation

Rights: This image is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York State Archives. New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records. Letters patent. 12943-78. Volume 2, pages 128-129.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

To Party 1

Paulo d'Angola (ID: 1,660,221)

To Party 2

Dorothy Creole (ID: 660,077)

To Party 2 Text Unlinked

Estoria and her new husband Manuel Pieters.

From Party 2

From Party 2 Text Unlinked

New York provincial government

Document Location